*NCC, NLRC Wade In For The Victims
*How Another Victim Got #5OOK Compensation
Just like it was promised on this blog that the fraud that
is fraught with the Globacom’s “Win A Trip To Dubai” promo conducted in
September, 2011, in which 4 established winners in the promo were left without
being granted deliverables from their winnings 2 years after, would be followed
to its logical conclusion, further steps have been taken by this blogger in fulfilling
that promise.
About 2 weeks ago, this blogger together with a friend who
is the Publisher of Islanders International Magazine, Ola Mohammed, paid a visit to the Lagos
Zonal Office of the Nigerian Telecommunications Commission (NCC) where they met
with the Zonal Controller, Mr. N. Nwadike. And in the course of their
discussion over the “shameful act”, the two journalists were made to realize that
cases like that abound against Globacom. Even, with some emanating from the
same promo conducted in 2011 for which 4 of its victims were being made a case
for by the 2 journalists. An example of a young boy who won in the 3rd
category of the same promo and was supposed to have gone to London to watch a
Manchester United match was cited. And the Zonal Director reflected on how he
had to drive the victim to Globacom’s office a number of times during which he
gave the officials of the company they met with, a serious dress down.
He narrated how the Nigerian Lottery Regulatory Commission
(NLRC) had to be drafted into the matter at a point in time. “The NCC has
signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the NLRC that empowers the NLRC to
take charge of matters emanating from lottery issues involving any
telecommunication company.” The Zonal Controller clearly declared. And that was
why the NLRC had to be drafted into the matter of the boy that won an all
expenses paid trip to watch Manchester United in London but was eventually left in
the lurch by Globacom. However, as at the morning of the day the 2 journalists
paid a visit to the NCC’s Zonal Office, the Zonal Controller who said he had
just returned from a trip abroad put a call across to their Abuja Headquarters
to get an update on the matter of the boy being handled by them in conjunction
with the NLRC and he was told that the boy had eventually been awarded a sum of
five hundred thousand naira (#500,000.000) by Globacom in liu of his failed trip.
The phone numbers of the NLRC officials who handled the
matter were later released to the journalists to relate with them. And when the
numbers (none of the numbers was glo) were called, the journalist were told
to write an official letter to the Director of NLRC on behalf of the victims
stating their cases and copies of their evidence should be attached to the
letter. And that is being done already.
This blogger would keep you posted as events on the matter
continue to unfold. It’s no retreat no surrender.
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